Flow cytometry one marker technical component at Wellstar MCG Health

1120 15Th Street, Augusta, GA · Wellstar Health System · · NPI 1760875330

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$120.51

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$309.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$13.74 with Unitedhealthcare vs $1,142.77 with Bcbs — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Unitedhealthcare Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange $13.74 ↓ -89%
Unitedhealthcare All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans $16.87 ↓ -86%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $116.24 ↓ -4%
Cigna Ppo $140.54 ↑ +17%
Cigna Hmo $140.54 ↑ +17%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $314.11 ↑ +161%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $320.40 ↑ +166%
Select Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $326.68 ↑ +171%
Absolute Total Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $329.82 ↑ +174%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $336.10 ↑ +179%
Molina Marketplace Exchange $361.23 ↑ +200%
Centurion Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan $408.35 ↑ +239%
The Care Network All Commercial Plans $471.17 ↑ +291%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $533.99 ↑ +343%
Naphcare All Commercial Plans $549.70 ↑ +356%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $581.11 ↑ +382%
Caresource Exchange $615.66 ↑ +411%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos $886.46 ↑ +636%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Ppo $1,142.77 ↑ +848%

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Flow cytometry one marker technical component at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $120.51 $19.80 – $673.55
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $120.51 $19.80 – $667.49
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $120.51 $19.80 – $673.55
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $120.51 $19.80 – $673.55
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $120.51 $19.80 – $673.55
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $120.51 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $120.51 $19.80 – $704.68
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $120.51 $19.80 – $1,014.60

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